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Dunwoody Woman's Club

Serving the community since 1971

https://www.dunwoodywomansclub.com

December 2024

"A book is a gift you can open again and again"

Garrison Keillor

Ways and Means

Terry Kemp tdkemp81@gmail.com

We want to thank those who worked so diligently on getting to our final numbers for our 51st Home Tour. We are proud to announce that the Dunwoody Woman’s Club raised over $31,000 this year, an increase of $2,000 over last year. This year’s Home Tour fundraising has given DWC the opportunity to donate to a variety of scholarships, specific funding needs and CSP charities.

Back by popular demand, the annual Flower Power Holiday Bulb information is below.

^Membership

Maria Barnhart mariavbarnhart@gmail.com

New Members

Please join us in welcoming our six new members who will be inducted into DWC membership at the Holiday Luncheon meeting. Cathy Jones, GFWC-GA President will be our guest and she will lead the new member ceremony.

• Kerry Arias
• Nancy Buterbaugh
• Abbi Greer Campagno
• Carol Ciepluch
• Keenan Lofton
• Laura Neff

We encourage all members to actively participate in club activities and programs.

Membership Dues

Dunwoody Woman’s Club dues for 2025 should be paid by the end of January as they are considered past due February 1, 2025.

• Active Members, $85.00
• Associate Members $100.00
• Sustaining Members $110.00.

There are three convenient ways to pay your dues:

• Online on the DWC website – Dunwoodywomansclub.com
• Checks made out to DWC and mailed to Maria Barnhart, 5005 Wickford Way, Dunwoody, GA 30338
• Checks made out to DWC and brought to General Meetings.

Membership dues provide the funds for the club operations budget. You are making a positive contribution by supporting your club and paying your dues timely. DWC is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization and your dues qualify as a charitable contribution as permitted by law.

Holiday Events

Dunwoody Woman's Club

Holiday Luncheon and Meeting

Thursday, December 12, 2024

(one week before our usual meeting date)

Dunwoody Country Club

9:30 am Coffee

10:00 am General Meeting

11:00 Social

11:45 Lunch

Buffet Lunch, $37.00 per person

For reservations, please remit checks by December 8

Joyce Niemann

5303 Little Brooke Court

Dunwoody, GA 30338

404-771-6440

or by Zelle at  vabin2017@gmail.com

Annual Flower Power Holiday Bulb Sale

November 1st thru December 15th

The website is live and ready for orders! You can choose from an assortment of beautiful amaryllis and paperwhite kits complete with pot, soil, and a decorative burlap bag for $22.00. The waxed amaryllis bulbs are $30.00, and the wax amaryllis bulbs with sweaters are $34.00.

The deadline for ordering is December 15, 2024, and the bulbs will be shipped when the orders are received for a $6.99 fee per order to any location in the US.

Click on the link below to order your holiday gift bulbs.

http://DunwoodyWomansClub.fpfundraising.com



Arts and Culture

Jo Ann Kostkan jokostkan@gmail.com

Treat yourself and stop by the Spruill Gallery (on Ashford Dunwoody Road) for some fabulous holiday shopping, all merchandise is created by local artists. Gallery is open Tuesday thru Saturday starting at 11 am and Sunday, opening at noon. Check their website for specific times at 

https://www.spruillarts.org/gallery/

Civic Engagement and Outreach

Donna Knowlton dfknowlton@comcast.net

Several DWC members participated in the Dunwoody Sandwich Project

in November. 120 sandwiches were assembled for Pebble Tossers and an additional 20 assembled and delivered to the very appreciative firemen at the new Sandy Springs fire station.



December Events

• Friday, December 13th, 1:00 pm, Decorating for Christmas for Kids, Dunwoody City Hall Partnering with I Care Atlanta. DWC will decorate 5 trees. This year’s theme is “Polar Express.” Sign up to help decorate trees at the December Luncheon Meeting or call Donna at 470/225-1050. This is always a fun event.

• Friday, December 13th, in the evening, the Dunwoody Police Department will host a Christmas celebration with toys donated by the community for deserving children and their families.

• Saturday, December 14th, 11:00 am, Wreaths Across America Program, Old Roswell Cemetery. The wreaths are $17 each. Go to https://wreathsacrossamerica.org. or if you prefer to sponsor by check, make the check payable to RHS Cemetery Fund. Write in memo line “wreaths” and mail check to P.O. Box 1636, Roswell, GA 30077. We will participate in the wreath laying ceremony at Old Roswell Cemetery. Sign up to volunteer at the December Luncheon/ Meeting.

Education and Libraries

Melissa Abbott melissahabbott@gmail.com

Do you observe Jolabokaflod?



The Icelandic tradition of Jolabokaflod (the Christmas book flood) is the annual cycle of people buying books as Christmas gifts for family and friends before encouraging the recipients to start reading their new books after the main evening meal on Christmas Eve. This tradition began during World War II once Iceland had gained its independence from Denmark in 1944. Paper was one of the few commodities not rationed during the war, so Icelanders shared their love of books even more as other types of gifts were short supply. If you love books, consider starting this tradition with your loved ones!

Environment

Kathy Hanna kak1941@aol.com

Nancy Baldwin nbaldwin@bellsouth.net & Gang

Many thanks to our Dunwoody and Sandy Springs Parks and Recreation Directors for speaking to us at the November General Meeting. Brent Walker, Sandy Springs Director of Parks and Recreation and Kate Borden, Dunwoody Director of Recreation gave us updates on their parks for 2025.

Upcoming Events

• Dunwoody Nature Center is always offering wonderful classes, go to dunwoodynature.org for more info. 
• On the 2nd Saturdays of each month at 11:00 am, the Master Gardeners give a talk at the Barn in Brook.
• Chattahoochee Riverkeepers is looking for volunteer Water Warriors.
• If you have a live tree for the Holidays plant it afterwards, recycle your cut tree in lakes and ponds for shelter for the fish, or look for Home Depot announcements for their recycling weekend.
• Local Animal shelters are always looking for volunteers and supplies. Animal supplies can be dropped off at any local facility or brought to General Meetings.



Health and Wellness

Diane Norris dianenorris@bellsouth.net

Monday, December 16 at 10:30 am, N Shallowford Annex, we will be filling over 200 Christmas bags for Lutheran Towers Christmas. It is our tradition to give a Christmas bag to each resident. This year we will be filling bags for 130 women and 80 men. Everyone will receive socks, lotion, and an ornament with women also receiving a scarf. Two of the items for the men will be provided by Patrick of Lookingood.

If you are planning to bring items to the December meeting/luncheon, our current needs are hand lotion and women's scarves.

Backpack Buddies ~ Thank you to Faye Cashwell, Debra Love, Pam King, and Karen Turner for volunteering at the warehouse in November. Food items were unpacked and sorted in groups of 200 for a next day delivery. We are scheduled to volunteer on January 10th from 11:00am to 1:00 pm. Please text Diane at 678-772-0109 if

you would like to help.

Please be aware that December is:

• National Stress Free Month
• Family Holiday Month
• World AIDS Day
• International Day of Persons with Disabilities Month

COLLECTIONS

EDUCATION and LIBRARIES

Retirement Homes: Collecting magazines at monthly meetings

ENVIRONMENT

Animal Shelters: Collecting any and all pet supplies at monthly meetings.

HEALTH and WELLNESS

Lutheran Towers Christmas Bags: Hand lotion and women's scarves can be brought to the December Luncheon.

STANDING COMMITTEES

GFWC Clubwoman

Lynn Wright 

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Leadership

Deborah Gault - dcgault@comcast.net

New member, Abbi Greer Campagno and family volunteering at a local Kroger store.

LEADERSHIP RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN

 Ring the Bell for the Salvation Army

December 2024

The Dunwoody Woman’s Club is partnering with the Salvation Army to “ring the bell” for the Red Kettle drive during the holidays. Money raised through the Red Kettle Campaign stays in our community to help at-risk women and individuals, homeless, distressed families and recent immigrants.

Available Group Dates

We have scheduled the following six sessions, for morning, afternoon, and a Saturday date.

Kroger at Georgetown

• Saturday, Dec. 07: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm NEED RINGERS
• Wednesday, Dec. 11: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Full (3)

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm NEED RINGERS

Kroger at Dunwoody Club

• Saturday, Dec.07: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Full (3)
• Tuesday, Dec.17: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Full (4)

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm NEED RINGERS

Wear comfortable shoes and a big smile! Dress warmly. Bring your home tour stool if you’d like.

TO SIGN UP for one of the group sessions, please email me.

If you would like to pick out a location and register for additional sessions, perhaps with friends or family, please contact me for the registration link and DWC group code enable tracking of volunteer hours. Or go to: RegisterToRing.com.

C'mon! It's fun! Questions? 

Deborah Gault

404-304-5234

dcgault@comcast.net

Legislative

Dottie D'Angelo DottieAtlanta@gmail.com

In our illustrious history, GFWC’s legislative strategy and our club women’s advocacy have yielded significant accomplishments:

• We have tirelessly campaigned for ordinances prohibiting the sale of objectionable literature, including materials promoting crime, sex, and horror, especially those accessible to children.
• We have been vocal advocates for equitable access to vaccinations on a global scale.
• We have worked diligently to raise awareness and resources for the preservation of our national parks and the conservation of natural resources.
• We have staunchly advocated for clean water and air in all communities.

We will continue our campaign into 2025!

Tallulah Falls School

Linda Mote lmmote@mindspring.com

We will be sending our adopted TFS students Christmas cards including gift cards. The Lipscomb Society will hold a reception for the staff and faculty of TFS on December 18.



Women in History

Suzanne Bentz

Cleopatra and the FDA

’Tis the season to haul out our holiday sweaters, taffeta skirts, fancy scarves, and party shoes. With a careful application of lipstick, blush, eyeliner, and a spritz of our favorite perfume, we sail off to DWC’s holiday luncheon, a family gathering, or a New Year’s Eve gala looking and smelling our very best. Haute couture and the cosmetic industry have come a long way over the millennia. 

When Egypt’s Queen Cleopatra set sail to greet Marc Antony, she did so with heavily perfumed sails and those iconic blackened eyebrows and flattened eyelashes. Her come-hither scent and allure roped in poor Marc and her public rarely saw their queen without lavish makeup. But while Egyptian eyeliner warded off desert sun, it did have some insidious side effects. Black kohl is lead based. 

Cleo’s counterparts across the sea in Rome took a different approach to makeup. Ladies there slathered their faces with deadly fat-based mixtures. All to make the fairer sex glisten. It didn’t fool Roman statesman, Ovid, who preferred a more natural look, and I would give the procedure a resounding Yuk!

The onset of Christianity put cosmetics on the back burner for a few centuries (asceticism and humility were more prized), but “values loosened in cosmopolitan capitals” in Europe in the late 17th century and makeup came roaring back. For both sexes. 

Louis XIV of France popularized wigs and white face. Both men and women applied a manure-based whitening mixture to their faces. Looked great in portraits of the Sun King and his family painted by the likes of Hyacinthe Rigaud. But the mixture also “inflamed eyes, weakened tooth enamel, and caused hair loss in the heaviest users.” Definitely another Yuk! When Parisians sent Marie Antoinette to Lady Guillotine, all that went away … for a century or two anyway.

Then came the modern age of manufacturing, advertising, and Hollywood. And Mabel Williams, who “singed the hair off her eyebrows and lashes in a 1915 kitchen fire.” To remedy her plight, Mabel used a trick she had read about in Photoplay. She mixed burnt cork ash with coal dust and Vaseline, and reconstructed those singed eyebrows. Her brother, Tom Lyle Williams, a movie buff, was inspired by his sister and a billion-dollar business was born. Enter Maybelline.

While I’m cautiously wary of government’s reach, the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 may just be the most significant expansion of the FDA’s authority to regulate cosmetics since its enactment in 1938. The new law goes a long way to ensuring the safety of cosmetic products (their chemical components, impact on our health, product labeling, and advertising) we use in abundance daily. I’m pretty sure Cleopatra would agree.

DWC - EVENING DIVISION

Dunwoody Woman's Club Evening Division

Rosemary Watts, Chairman

Evening and day members enjoyed an evening of Japanese culture with lessons in origami and a sushi making demonstration.

Thursday, December 12, 5:45 pm meeting

Dunwoody Methodist Church

Details and sign up on Signup Genius Link

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Chair – Rosemary Watts

DWC Evening Division

404-964-6987 M

Newsletter

Kay Moe kgp12@att.net

Susan Crawford susanpc1@bellsouth.net